Middle English Dictionary Entry
họ̄redọ̄m n.
Entry Info
| Forms | họ̄redọ̄m n. Also -dam, -dan. |
| Etymology | From họ̄r(e n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Illicit sexual indulgence; prostitution, fornication, adultery; don ~, to fornicate or commit adultery; (b) an act of illicit sexual indulgence; (c) fig. deviation from acceptable religious practice, don ~, to be unfaithful toward God; (d) a prostitute, whore.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4438 : Whase liþ inn horedom, He slaþ hiss aȝhenn sawle.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)253 : Þe luueden tening & stale, hordom & drunken.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)49 : Hordom..is alre horene hore.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)106/21 : Þe Scorpiun of leccherie..haueð swucche cundles..Horedom, Eawbruche, Meiðlure, & Incest.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)104/654 : Nis noȝt ȝore þat i ne com And fond hire wiþ hordom, Me to schame and deshonur, In hire bedde on mi Tur.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)30/32 : Þis wijf with him he nam And heold hire with strencþe ase is owene in spous-bruche and horedam.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3509 : Oc horedom ðat ðu ne do, Ne wend no lecherie to.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7069 : Roberd..huld ire as is lefmon, as wo seiþ in hordom.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)74/2121 : Ne schal hy [an adulterous wife] nauȝt de-parted be Fram hym for hordome.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)9/7 : Þe zixte heste is þellich, 'þou ne sselt do non hordom'.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1602 : The syxte comaundyþ ys al so, Þat we shul noun hurdam do.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1645 : Couetys, hordan, envie, and pride Has spred þis werld on lenth and wide.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.354 : Lechoures louyen..of her harlotrye and horedome in her elde tellen.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.16.24 : Thou hast bildid to thee a bordel hous and madist to thee hordom in alle stretis.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)8259 : Whi som childer geten in hordom Er baptized.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1414 : Yf a housbond were in hurdom founden, He schuld have a juggement.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13038 : Thus the lady was lost for hir lechir dedis, Þat vnhappely for horedam hastyd to sle Agamynon the goode.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)334 : Þat he be getyn, men suppose, In hordome.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)66a : To do hurdome: meretricari.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)800 : Þy horedam schall be wele quytte.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Ȝe nulleð forleten hordomes and ȝifernesse and druncnesse.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)67/31 : Ne sleih..ne forliȝe ðe on hordomes, ne oðre godes forbodes ne tebrec.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.5.13 : Bote þe auoutrie is hud..for sheo is not foundyn in þe hordam.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)192 : An Hurdome: meretricium.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)72.26 : Þou lest alle þat don hordom [L fornicantur] wyþ-outen þe.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)105.36 : Þer[þe] is slaine for synȝes & filed in her werkes, & dede horedome in her fyndeinges.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)417 : Freris tellen more by hor newe ordir..þen þei do by Cristis lawe..and þis privey horedame makes myche harme.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.58 : As Crist seiþ in reprof of siche sectis, Kynrede of hordom sekiþ siche signes.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.21.7 : A strumpet & foule hoordam [WB(2): hoore; L prostibulum] ȝe shollen not take to wife.